Sauber

In 1992 Ilmor Engineering was asked to design an engine for the Sauber team. This was funded by Mercedes-Benz and the engine was based on the previous Ilmor V10 engines. In the hands of JJ Lehto and Karl Wendlinger the Sauber cars were quite competitive in 1993, scoring 12 points and at the end of the year Mercedes decided to put its own name on the engines.The Sauber Petronas engines introduced in the late 1990s were based on Ferrari V10s.